whimpv.
/hwɪmp/ local.
intransitive. To whimper. Hence as n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > whimper
whimper1513
mewla1530
pulea1535
whimp1549
mew1602
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > cry with grief [verb (intransitive)] > cry feebly or plaintively
whingea1150
whinec1275
plaina1425
fipple?1507
whimper1513
mewla1530
pulea1535
whimp1549
whewla1560
simper1613
whindle1709
grizzle1842
squinny1847
wimick1850
mizzlea1935
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > feeble, plaintive, or peevish cry or crying
whiningc1440
whinge?a1513
whimperingc1522
puling?1529
whewling1609
whine1633
whindle1647
whindling1648
pipation1656
whimper1699
whinging1720
pule1812
whinner1840
mewl1857
whinneringa1871
whimp1925
whininess1934
1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 3rd Serm. sig. Eviii Sainte Paule sayed. There shall be intractabiles, that wil whympe and whine.
1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Words County of Gloucester Wimp, to whine; of a dog.
1925 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 169/2 ‘Don't whimp,’ I said to Irene. ‘I am not whimping, daddy.’
1925 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 173/1 This was something beyond a whimp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
<
v.1549